Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time since his arrest on national security charges.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai has denied using his relationships with senior US government officials to influence American foreign policy towards Hong Kong and China, as he took the stand for the first time in his high-profile national security trial.
Under questioning by his defence counsel Steven Kwan, Lai gave evidence of his relationships and acquaintances with senior members of Western governments and their associates, as well as high-profile Western journalists whom the prosecution alleged were Lai’s “external political connections”. Lai said he had never met Trump or communicated directly or indirectly with the former president, who last month told a conservative podcast he would “100 per cent” speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping about getting Lai out of China.AP
Jimmy Lai denied using his contacts with Donald Trump-era officials Mike Pence, centre, and Mike Pompeo, right, to influence the US’s foreign policy towards Hong Kong.Lai said he would regularly meet with former US national security adviser John Bolton, after Bolton left the Trump administration. When Lai travelled to the US, he would sit in on meetings of Bolton’s think tank, which wasn’t named in court.
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